TY - JOUR
T1 - The quality assessment and content analysis of corporate websites in china
T2 - An empirical study
AU - Xi, Youmin
AU - Zhuang, Youlong
AU - Huang, W.
AU - She, Congguo
AU - Zhang, Zhipeng
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - This study evaluates 74 Chinese corporate websites by examining their contents and functions to understand the business objectives. It found that business objectives of these websites mainly focused on publicity, and very little on online sales. Firms in banking and construction industries develop the highest quality websites, while firms in public services and retailing are the laggards. Chinese websites are ease to use with consistent information. The article also compared the findings in China in this study with those in the United States, Australia, and Singapore in similar studies. It found that industry characteristics were similar among nations while more complicated website functions were more popular among the firms of developed countries. The findings will contribute to the research of e-business by confirming the existence of innovators and laggards of Web technology adoption in model given in E. M. Roger, Diffusion of Innovations (The Free Press, New York, 1962), and help managers understand current status of Chinese websites.
AB - This study evaluates 74 Chinese corporate websites by examining their contents and functions to understand the business objectives. It found that business objectives of these websites mainly focused on publicity, and very little on online sales. Firms in banking and construction industries develop the highest quality websites, while firms in public services and retailing are the laggards. Chinese websites are ease to use with consistent information. The article also compared the findings in China in this study with those in the United States, Australia, and Singapore in similar studies. It found that industry characteristics were similar among nations while more complicated website functions were more popular among the firms of developed countries. The findings will contribute to the research of e-business by confirming the existence of innovators and laggards of Web technology adoption in model given in E. M. Roger, Diffusion of Innovations (The Free Press, New York, 1962), and help managers understand current status of Chinese websites.
KW - Corporate websites
KW - Website assessment
KW - e-business in China
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34547245370&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1142/S0219622007002472
DO - 10.1142/S0219622007002472
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547245370
SN - 0219-6220
VL - 6
SP - 389
EP - 405
JO - International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making
JF - International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making
IS - 2
ER -